Turkish Version of Hand-Use-at-Home Questionnaire

Summary

To investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish Version of parent-rated Hand-Use-at- Home questionnaire (HUH) in children with neonatal brachial plexus palsy or unilateral cerebral palsy.

Conditions

• Cerebral Palsy
• Brachial Plexus Palsy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Hand-Use-at-Home Questionnaire (HUH)

The HUH assesses the amount of spontaneous use of the affected hand in children with unilateral upper limb paresis aged 3-10 years, performing 18 typical bimanual play and self-care activities. Parents rate items using a 5-point rating scale (never-sometimes-regularly-often-always). After completion, the ratings are converted into a 3-point score (i.e. never/sometimes = score 0, regularly/ often = score 1, always = score 2). A sum score can be calculated (range 0-36).

BEHAVIORAL

Pediatric Outcome Data Collection Instrument (PODCI)

The PODCI is designed to assess different aspects of daily living in children with musculoskeletal disorders. It has excellent psychometric properties, and it is a widely accepted instrument to provide parent/patient-reported information about upper extremity functioning. A Dutch version is available and it is validated for children with neonatal brachial plexus palsy. It consists of 85 questions and five scale scores and one total score can be calculated (range for all scales and total score 0-100, higher scores indicating better functioning/quality of life). Only the Upper Extremity and Physical Function Scale (8 items) were used in this study since this scale provides information about difficulties performing activities using the arms/hands (score 0-100; lower score, more difficulties).

BEHAVIORAL

Children's Hand-Use Experience Questionnaire (CHEQ)

The CHEQ is a questionnaire for children (aged 6-18) with unilateral functional limitations of hand use and is well validated for children with unilateral cerebral palsy. It was only partially validated for use in children with neonatal brachial plexus palsy and has not yet been used in studies. Therefore, it was not used in this group. The questionnaire consists of 29 bimanual activities, typically requiring the use of both hands. It assesses the child's experience using their affected hand when performing the activities and counts how many of the activities are executed independently (with and without using the affected hand). In the mini-version of the CHEQ some items were deleted or replaced (with more age-appropriate activities for children aged three to eight years) and this version was used for all unilateral cerebral palsy children \<six years in this study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Marmara University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Naime Evrim Karadag Saygi, Prof · Department of PM&R, Marmara University School of Medicine

• Ayca Evkaya, Res. Asst. · Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Maltepe University

• Ayse Simsek, PT (MSc) · Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Gazi University.

Eligibility

Min Age

3 Years

Max Age

10 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-02-01

Primary Completion

2021-01-24

Completion

2022-01-01

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations